Quick Asian Beef Noodle Soup

47 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 30 min

“Very quick to make with inexpensive ingredients. Can be made low fat by substituting ground turkey and baked ramen noodles, and by omitting oil.” - by Linda Crossett

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground ginger
4 cups water
1 medium head bok choy, chopped
2 (3 ounce) packages beef flavored ramen noodles
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce

Hide Checklist

Adjust Servings

Adjust

Metric US

Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Brown meat in a large skillet. Drain off fat, and rinse meat using a colander.
Transfer meat to a large cooking pot. Stir in onion, garlic, and ginger. Add water, and bring soup to a boil. Stir in bok choy. Reduce heat ,and simmer for about 3 minutes.
Stir in noodles. Simmer 3 minutes longer, or until bok choy and onions are crisp tender and noodles are soft. Stir in seasoning packets, oil, and soy sauce.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
511 cal
26%

Fat
26.7 g
41%

Carbs
36.6 g
12%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Share It

Reviews (47)

Rate This Recipe

SAN D

Jan. 29, 2008

"This soup is very tasty! The only changes I made were the following: I sauteed the beef with the onion and garlic before adding them to the soup. Instead of the ramen and the spice packets (because..." See more of the fat content of the ramen), I used the soft Asian noodles found near won ton wrappers in the store, and used beef broth instead of water and I doubled the amount. I also cut the soy sauce in half since the beef broth had salt."

LINDA LASHLEY

Mar. 4, 2005

"I make this soup often, it's delicious. For a change, I use 3 boneless chicken breasts cut up, change the Ramen to chicken flavor, and add cut up mushrooms. It's a keeper!..." See more"

Butterfly Flutterby

Oct. 20, 2005

"Wow! This is really delicious! I can't get over just how quick and easy this is! I only have one suggestion, and that is to crush the ramen noodles in their package prior to adding to the pot. I didn'..." See moret and ended up having to deal with long, long strings of noodles that made eating this soup quite comical! This is gonna be a favorite this winter I can tell. I always keep frozen containers of browned meat, onion and garlic - this will be a snap to prepare!"

More Reviews